[ltp] London suppliers of used Thinkpads

Alejandro Bonilla linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:14:36 -0600


Eric A. Constant wrote:

> Ted Frater wrote:
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>> Eric A. Constant wrote:
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>>> Ted Frater wrote:
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>>>> Duncan Anderson wrote:
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> Okay, I think I see what you mean (and I could very easily be wrong 
> since I'm a novice when it comes to laptops):  For the current line 
> the Celeron is Intel's cheapest laptop chip (and I think cheapest 
> desktop chip).  You're right, the Centrino/P-M is a development of the 
> P3m (which IMO makes the P3m a good lower-budget choice).  The P4-M, at

Pentium M is a from ground Technology, is not "based" from the P3M, 
actually the P3M came as they were developing the PM and they did a "low 
voltage" version.

.Alejandro

> least for laptops, was developed after the P3m but in many ways was a 
> step backwards (at least that is what I've been led to believe) and I 
> think you're right here too, the P4-M a desktop chip in a laptop.